Courage on Bataan and beyond : memories of an American POW who was a slave of the Japanese during WWII for 3 1/2 years / by Abel Ortega, Jr. ; foreword by Duane Heisinger.

Courage on Bataan and beyond : memories of an American POW who was a slave of the Japanese during WWII for 3 1/2 years / by Abel Ortega, Jr. ; foreword by Duane Heisinger.

Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942.

Ortega, Abel, 1919- .

Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.

Prisoners of war--Philippines--Biography.

Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

Account of an American Bataan veteran and POW as recorded and written by his son. Abel Sr. was in the 192nd Tank Battalion which was sent to the Philippines just before war broke out. He talks briefly about his experiences in the defense of the beaches and Bataan, but the bulk of the book on surrender and after: Death March, Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Camp Murphy, Bilibid, and then hell ship (Hokusen Maru) to Takao and to Japan (on the Melbourne Maru).

Although told in the first person, Abel Sr.’s story was written by Abel Jr., with some research to confirm places, names and for photographs.

Ortega, Abel, 1919-

Bloomington, Ind. : AuthorHouse, 2005.

2005

23 x 16 cm.

Softbound

1420863843

D 805 .J3 O78 2005

16250

xvi, 141 p.

ill., maps